The old man of Iitate - A song by Zedvan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFG9CxPXK_E

Since March 11, 2011, the destroyed nuclear power plant of Fukushima Daiichi vomits its radiation in the land of Japan and the Pacific Ocean.

The media talked about it a little, because it was the anniversary... Then, nothing more.

As a french singer, and citizen of the world, I can not accept the silence. Nor the irreparable losses that the nuclear industry inflicts and may even inflict on earth and humanity.

The day after the Japanese Government announced the evacuation of the village of Iitate (In the Province of Soma, in the district of Fukushima), Fumio Okubo, the oldest man in the village, aged 102, prefered to kill himself rather than leave his home.

Fukushima (The song of the elder of Iitate) attempts to give voice to this man.
Today I put online a video illustrating this song.

Two subtitled versions, one in english (http://youtu.be/lFG9CxPXK_E), one in japanese (http://youtu.be/2pLs9BvTKMA) are available.
Other translations will come soon : what Japan has lost, we have all lost.


Zedvan - "Fukushima, chanson du doyen d'Iitate" from the album 'La zébritude' (La Ronde Des Jurons / Absilone, October 2013)

http://www.zedvan.com